The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-08

try, United States army, are here
by approved" The sentence went
into effect. and Capt. Gray is no
born in Indiana, and had been in the
army for twenty-six years. He entered
as q private of the Twenty-Sec ond In.
diana Infantry in 1861; became u second
lieutenant in the regular army in 1864,
captain in 1865, and resigned in the same
year. In 1867 he was appointed from
Minnesota first lieutenant OF the Thirty.
ninth infantry. transferred to the Twenty.
fifth infantry in 1860, and became a cap.
tain in the same regiment in 1879.
Ma Kie Chang, imperial envoy from the
government of China, and two secretaries,
f. c. C. DE Melkiwitz and three secretaries
an agreement madeb by a Philadelphia syn
dictate and the government OF China rela.
tive to organizing national bank in
China on the American plan, opening up
railroads, establishing telephone lines and
introducing other American features In
China. Ma Kie Chang is considered one
OF the shrewdest and ablest diplomats in
China.
Richard Emerson, sixteen years Of age,
OF Chicago, died at Kenosl,a. Wis, OF n.y.
drophobia. He was bitten about two
family, and thought the animal showed
no signs of madness. The father called q
physician and had the wound cauterized.
Nothing more was thought OF tho matter,
and the lad came to Kenosha to visit. He
commenced complaining OF Il swelling in
his arm and q physician was summoned,
who pronounced it. q caae of hvd rorh ohia.
The lad grew rapidly worse and became
very violent.
Speaking OF the new phase OF the fisheries
question, Secretary Bayard said that he
regarded it as most hopeful indication
OF q speedy, just and honorable adjust.
mcnt OF these long pending difficulties,
that the British government had itself
taken steps to put an end to the triangu.
lar manner in which tho negotiations had
hitherto been carried on, which had been n
perpetual embarrassment Every propo.
sition submitted by the United States had
to be referred to Canada for the views OF
the dominion government and after
months OF delay it would be returned with
the Canadians objections, and the whole
routine would have to be gone over again.
AtLancastcr, KY, during quarrel Peter
and Henderson Green, brothers,, fired at
Ebb Cooley and missed him. Cooley then
shot them both, killing Peter and mortal.
ly wounding Henderson. Cody surren.
! dered.
Since tho first news came from New York
that Pat Sheedy had q break with
John l.. Sullivan it has been the talk OF
Boston's sporting circles.
Joseph Casey was instantly killed in the
Superior mine at 1shpeming.
An Arizona sheriff and posse killed eleven
outlaws, and the sheriff is likewise slain.
syndicate of English and American
capitalists acquires control of the Balti-
more & Ohio railway.
A. B. Stickney OF St. Paul proposes to
donate the Metropolitan hotel for an art
gallery and public library.
Fire damaged the Hadly mill, at Spring.
field, Mass. to the extent OF $4,000.
The late ute war" in a nutshell, was
the stealing OF 800 ponies and 3, 900 sheep
from their Indian owners by Colorado
cowboys and wanton attack upon the
Indian owners when they demanded their
property.
The Ohio Oil Company has been formed
at Lima, O., by producers, who intend to
from the Standard Oil Company in that
regard. The capital is $5OO,O0O
The little daughter of B. +. King of Sar-
left i'll the house by her mother for few
moments. The child attempted to put
some fuel in the stove. Her clothes caught
fire, and she was burned so badly that she
died.
At Fergus Falls. Andrew Conror. g. col
Orcd barber, is charged with the attempted
outrage OF the ten yearold daughter OF w.
H. kell.
Mai. VIM. E. Creary. paymaster, has
been relieved from duty in the department
OF the Platte, and placed on waiting or.
ders at Omaha, Neb.
Herman J. Schulties, of Wisconsin, has
been appointed copvist at 5000 q year in
the Office Of Indian affairs.
In 1870 the Sioux Indians, in one of
their raids, destroyed property for VIM.
L. Smith OF Old MILESTONE agency, Dako-
ia. He claims damages to the amount of
$500, but the Indian officers decides that
the evidence is not sufficient to establish
the claim.
Fifty men left Chippewa Falls, Wis, for
the Region OF Ashland. intending to take
up homesteads in the indemnity lands
within the belt OF the Omaha road, which
lands were recently thrown open to settle.
| ment by the government. The lands with
IN the belt are said to contain 5000
acres partly timbered with valuable pine.
conference between Gov. Adams and
Gen. Crook resulted in Crooks agreeing to
place two companies ofgovcrnmcnt troops
| on the line between the Uintah reservation
| and Colorado for the protection of set
tiers and hereafter to keep the Utes out OF
| Colorado. The Utes arc to have their
horses returned and be paid out OF the
urplus OF their own annuity for such
! stock as has been lost.
Up to date the total coinage ofstandard
silver dollars amounts to $27O,2OO,1l7.
OF this amount $56.9S7 ,669 are in circuIa-
ton, against S5G, 692, s29 on Sept. /, 1886:
Government receipts Tor August we're very
heavy, aggregating S35, 619, 115, against
! $32, 1876, 32G in August of last year. The
customs receipts we're s22. CSC, 76s, or 81
600, 900 more than in August, 1886. The
internal revenue receipts were $40. $780,
| 1913, against 9,697, 934 in August, 1856,
| and receipts from miscellaneous sources
| were nearly q million more than in August
q year ago. The expenditures during Au.
gust were $2S,717, 162-about 100000
less than in August, 1886.
Capt. Morris Harris, Of the First caval-